[KL7AA] ARRL VHF Contest this Saturday and Sunday

[kl7yk]

Look for activity on 146.58FM starting 10am Saturday.  From there folks
move around making contacts as suggested below.  90% of the action is
from 1800-2200UTC on Saturday with a few folks working off and on
through the entire event.

No SSB?  No problem, we use FM on every band as well as SSB.  One
contact per band per station per grid.  So any rovers will be giving out
at least 2 grids we hope. 

Keep a log if your going to submit your contacts.  If your not
contesting then at least come up on a contest frequency and give out
your contact info for others.  Call sign and Grid Square.

Anchorage (at least most of it) is BP51, out past the airport on the
inlet your actually in the Valley grid of BP41, if you talk to one of
the Kenai Stations they will be BP40 or BP50 depending where they are. 
Manage to log someone to the north of Wasilla, like Talkeetna and its
BP42.  Every contact has to give you the call sign and Maidenhead Grid
Square (location) else the contact will not count.

*ARRL VHF + June Contest*

Begins 1800 UTC Saturday, runs through 0259 UTC Monday (*June 10-12, 2017*).

All authorized frequencies above 50 MHz (6 Meters).

Full info at- http://www.arrl.org/june-vhf

Suggested operating frequencies
BAND 	CW/SSB FREQ 	ANT POLARITY 	FM FREQ 	ANT POLARITY
6M 	50.110/50.125 	HORZ 	50.30 	VERT
2M 	144.200 	VERT 	146.58 	VERT
1.25M 	222.100 	VERT 	223.50 	VERT
70CM 	432.200 	VERT 	446.00 	VERT
33CM 	NONE 	VERT 	927.50 	VERT
23CM 	1296.100 	VERT 	1294.50 	VERT


The Alaska VHF and Up Group is also active for these contests, info at-
http://www.qsl.net/ak-vhf/


Ron Keech, KL7YK
President, Elmendorf Amateur Radio Society